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11
TELL ABOUT MERGER
Schiff and Steele Testify in
Powers Case.
PART OF BIG FIRMS IN DEAL
Steele Say Morgan & Co. Had Xo
Intention of Stifling Competition
Schlff Declined to Speak Con
cerning; Hill's Interest.
NEW YORK, March 2L The hearing In
the suit commenced by Peter Power in
the United States Court for the District
of Minnesota, for the purpose of deter
mining the standing before the law of
the purchase and holding of Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern stocks by the
Northern Securities Company, was con
tinued hero this afternoon before Richard
A. Mabey. a special examiner.
Jacob H. Schlff, of the firm of Kuhn,
X,oeb & Co., was the first witness. He
was questioned by A. M. Boutelle, of
Minneapolis, of counsel for Peter Power.
Mr. J3chlff said he was a member of the
board of directors of the Northern Pa
cific since the latter part of 1897, and
had been elected a director of the Chi
cago. Burlington & Qulncy Railroad dur
ing 1901. He Is also a director of the
Northern Securities Company. Up to 1901
he was a director in the Great Northern.
He did not remember how much stock he
had in the Great Northern. He said he
had not held any of it since the Sum
mer of last year. He was one of a num
ber of financiers who In 1896 purchased
526,000,000 worth of Northern Pacific com
mon at the time of the reorganisation of
that road.
"Was Mr. Hill in that deal?" was asked.
'Mr. Hill can tell you," replied Mr.
Schlff.
The witness said he had purchased 20,
000 shares of Burlington stock In 190L
"For whom did you act in purchasing
that stock?"
"I decline to answer?"
"Did you act for the Harrlman inter
ests?" "I decline to answer. I decline to an
swer any questions regarding the busi
ness of Kuhn, Loeb &. Co., unless com
pelled to do so," was the reply of Mr.
Schjff.
He said that the stock was not pur
chased for the purpose of securing the
control of the Burlington for the Union
Pacific. He also declined to answer a
question as to whether he had acted for
any railroad Interests in making the pur
chase of Burlington stock. He said he
had no previous knowledge of the efforts
of the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern to get hold of the Burlington.
An to Representation of Hnrriman.
Mr. Schlff said his firm never repre
sented the Union Pacific or the Oregon
Short Line, as bankers, in the stock mar
ket. He declined to say whether the firm
had so represented Mr, Harrlman.
As far as he could recollect, the pur
chases made by his firm of Northern Pa
cific before May 5, last year, amounted
to JS.000,000. A few weeks later this
stock was transferred, part to the Union
Pacific and part to the Oregon Short
Line.
The witness said ho had no conference
with J. P. Morgan concerning these pur
chases, but there was a conference be
tween himself and Mr. Harrlman on one
side and James J. Hill and Mr. Steele, of
J. P. Morgan & Co., on the other. He
said there were two such conferences,
"but at neither of them was there a show
down to determine whether the Hill or
Harrlman Interests obtained a majority
of the Northern Pacific common stock.
Mr. Schlff said he did not learn of the
fact that the Union Pacific was dispos
ing of its Northern Pacific holdings un
til the matter came before the board of di
rectors, of which he was a member The
stock was sold to J. P. Morgan & Co.,
and payment was made In $9,000,000 or
ttO.OOO.OOO cash, and 580,000,000 or ?90,
000.000 in stock of the Northern Securities
Company. The witness said Mr. Hill
nsked him to take a place on the 'North
ern Securities board.
Mr. Schlff said he first learned of the
retirement of Northern Pacific preferred
stock at the time of Its actual retire
ment. He did not know whether Mr. Har
rlman had been consulted in the matter.
Mr. Schlff said the Union Pacific and
Oregon Short Line sold their Northern
Pacific stock because they thought it
would be a good thing to get a profit on
their stock. The stock was originally
purchased because Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
thought it was a good thing to do. It
-was the object of the firm to obtain as
much as possible of the stock.
The first Information the witness had
of the organization of the Northern Se
curities was when he read about It in
the newspapers. He had nothing to do
with the organization of the company, nor
had he had any interest in Its affairs
until he became a director at the invita
tion of Mr. Hill.
W. T. Clough, vice-president of the
Northern Securities Company, was then
called upon to furnish a copy of the by
Jaws of the company.
Morgan & Co. Man Called.
Charles Steele, of Morgan & Co., was
then called. He contended that Mr. Ba.
con, of his firm, had conducted the pur
chases of Burlington stock made last
year. The firm organized a syndicate to
raise $50,000,000 cash which was neces-
cary In order to buy control of the Bur
lington. The object of the purchase, he
said, was to reap the profits that would
result from getting pastern and South
eastern connections for the Burlington,
he having grain and timber lands- in the
territory traversed by the other com
pany. Mr. Steele said there had never been
any iron-bound agreements between Hill
and Morgan that thoy would hold on to
their Northern Pacific stock. The plan of
retiring Northern Pacific preferred had
come up before 1901, he said. On May 1,
1901, J. P. Morgan & Co. had about $5,000,.
000 worth of Northern Pacific common,
and between May 1 and May 7 they
bought about $15,000,000. In the middle of
the Summer they sold $10,000,000 worth of
it to the Northern Securities Company,
getting stock of the Northern Securities
Company in return. The purpose of a
conference Immediately after the disturb
ance of May 9. Mr. Steele said, was to
allay public apprehension, and to that
end the Harrlman Interest consented to
give Morgan their Northern Pacific
proxies at the next election. This was
done, he said, because the public had
confidence In Morgan. Five new directors
of the Northern Pacific were elected at
the suggestion of Mr. Morgan.' Mr. Har
rlman was placed on the Northern Pacific
and Burlington boards to quiet any ap
prehension tha't might exist as to the In
tentions of the men in control of the Bur
lington. Sale of Common Stock.
Next followed some testimony as to the
sale of $75,000,000 worth of Northern Pa
cific common to the Northern Securities
Company. Mr. Steele said the Northern
Securities Company paid $90,000,000 for the
stock. In reply to questions, he said the
Idea of turning the stock of the Great
Northern over to a home company was
first brought to his attention as long ago
as a year, and as to the Northern Pacific
Company the plan was brought to his
attention In the latter part of the Sum
mer of 190L He said he was not aware
that all the negotiations during the Sum
mer of 1901 had been with a view of get
ting a majority of the Northern Pacific
stock and to dispose of the stock in the
manner in which they were disposed.
At this point the witness was turned
over to Mr. Stetson., who is counsel for
the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. The early
part of Mr. Stetson's examination was
fot the purpose of disproving the claim of
the other side that the negotiations for
Northern Pacific common, the Burlington
purchase, the formation of the Northern
-Securities Company and the placing of Mr.
Harrlman and other representatives of tho
Union Pacific in the boards of the Bur
lington and Northern Pacific were all part
of the pooling scheme which originated
and matured during the Summer of 1901,
previous to the formation of the North
ern Securities Company, with Morgan,
Hill and Harrlman and their associates
as the principal factors.
Mr. Steele said there was no prior un
derstanding that after they had acquired
the Northern Pacific stock In the Harrl
man interests it was to be put Into the
Northern Securities Company "Wo
found," said Mr. Steele, "that the Har
rlman holdings were not quite as large
as we had been assured, and as we had
represented them to be. As a result, the
Northern Securities Company refused to
take them at the figure agreed upon. It
was only after we had effected a compro
mise -and at a substantial reduction In
price that we succeeded in disposing of
them to the company."
No Intention to Restrain Trade.
"So far as you know, or as far as
known to your firm, was there any in
tention, at the organization of the North
ern Securities- Company, and the trans
fer of those holdings to it, to restrain
trade, stifle competition or regulate
rates?"
There was an objection' from Mr. Bou
telle, which was noted on the record. In
the absence of any one to deliver a ruling
on the matter. Then witness was allowed
to answer and gave his answer In the
negative.
Another point brought out In cross-examination
was that there never was any
contest for Northern Pacific common.
Witness said this contest did not elst
outside of the newspapers. It was this
contest, the existence of which witness
denied, that culminated in the panic of
May 9 last. On redirect examination Mr.
Boutelle devoted much time to the retire
ment of the Northern Pacific preferred
last Fall.
In reply to questions, Mr. Steele said the
plan for buying the holders of the pre
ferred stock out at par was adopted be
cause the directors decided upon that
as a just and equitable arrangement. He
stated that it was not for the purpose of
throwing the control of the road Into the
hands of those who held the $78,000,001
worth t)f the common.
Mr. Boutelle asked ;why precisely tho
time stated was selected for retiring the
preferred stock.
Witness replied that the Interests
thought it a good tlmo, 'so the company J
had been financially enabled to carry out
the arrangement. Continuing, Mr. Steele
said: "They paid nothing for the under
writing. The underwriting people thought
it was such a good thing that they did
not charge any commission: they were
quite willing to take the convertible
bonds at par, and either sell them or In
vest them Jn common stock."
Adjournment was taken until Wednes
day morning.
Mr. Morgan was to hare appeared, be
fore the examiner today, and had been
subpenaed for that time, but he sent word
through Mr. Stetson that the earliest
time he conveniently could appear was
the time to which the adjourment was
taken. Mr. Stetson asked that attorneys
for the other side produce Mr. Power,
the plaintiff, who had thus far kept In the
background. George Alfred Lamb, at
torney for Mr. Power, said he would pro
duce not only his client, but also other
stockholders who had come Into the case
since the proceedings were commenced.
CHICAGO RAILWAYS ENJOINED.
Temporary Order Asked for by In
terstate Commission Granted.
CHICAGO, March 24. With the consent
of the defendants. Judge Grosscup. in
the Federal Court today. Issued the tem
porary restraining order asked for by the
Interstate Commerce Commission against
railways entering Chicago. The order
holds good until June 1, or until further
orders from the court.
The railroads affected by the injunction
are: The Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern, the Pittsburg; Cincinnati, Chicago &
St. Lauls, the PittsbuTg, Fort Wayne &
Chicago, the Michigan Central, the Illinois
Central and the Chicago & Northwestern.
Before entering the order, Judge Grosscup
said:
"But for the compliance of the defend
ants I should have required the fullest
possible hearing. The matter la one of
extreme Importance, and not to be decided
without the most mature deliberation."
It Is believed that the railroads named
agreed not to contest the petition for an
injunction at this time In order that other
roads eventually might be brought Into
court and compelled to live up to the pro
visions of the Sherjrian law and the Inter
state commerce act.
In addressing the court before the coun
sel for the railroads said no opposition
would be made. Judge W. A. Day, for the
Government, declared that fewer men than
can be counted on the fingers of the two
hands enjoyed a monopoly In freight rates
In the United States, when grain and the
products of the stockyards and the In
terests affiliated with them were to be
shipped. The railways, he said, Ignored
all law, and while the cutting of Tates
went on prior to the year 1901, during that
year the companies became so hold that
they openly and brazenly billed the freight
at Illegal rates, as the Government would
show. While the regular rate on pack-lng-houre
products was published at 23
cents, the Government was prepared to
show that the favored shippers were given
a rate as low as 15 cents. Illegally main
talning such tariffs, while all the rest of
the people of the country were denied
them. Judge Day declared further that
the same practices prevailed on all traffic
generally used for the ordinary necessa
ries of life. He declared puoh practices
to be In open defiance of the laws of the
land, and a great restraint upon trade.
Judge Grosscup, In handing down his de
cision, said:
"Personally, I believe freight rates
should be as steady and equal as postage
rates and that no discriminations should
be made. When I turn over freight
to a common carrier for trans
portation, I should bo made to
feel that I enjoy the same rate
as every other shipper. The kind of traffic
on which these bills are based Is much
more complicated than mailable matter,
and the rates, therefore, should be subject
to that much stricter regulation. But the
question here Is, what power the Govern
ment has to enforce the provisions of the
interstate commerce act. If this applica
tion for an injunction can be maintained,
It will make the courts of equity the mas
ters of the maintenance of the rates. Such
a finding might also prove to be the vital
izing principle of the act. If any depart
ure from the established rates is made by
any of these railroads during the penden
cy of these orders, the court will take
great pains to seek out the offender and
provide against further violations."
NEW'IilNE PROJECTED.
Independent Railroad to Connect
Victoria and Nanalmo.
VICTORIA. B. C, March 24. It Js re
ported that. In view of the factHhat the
American shareholders in the Esquimau
& Nanalmo Railway will not agree to sell
the road without the big land grant which
is owned by the company, Messrs. Mac
kenzie and Mann, who were negotiating
for the purchase of the road to form the
Island Eectlon of the Canadian Northern,
have decided to build an independent line
between Victoria and Nanalmo. They
will, however, take over the charter for
the railway from the northern terminus
of the Esquimau & Nanalmo Railway to
the north end of the island. The con
tract between the provincial government
and the firm for the building of the Ca
nadian Northern through British Colum
bia has been about completed. As soon as
it is ratified Mackenzie and Mann will
commence building from the Coast to
connect with the line coming West, which
1 now built to Prince Albert. It is also
expected that the government will short
ly make an announcement in connection
with the construction of the Victoria,
Vancouver & eastern Railway, which le
to run from the Coast to the boundary
district of British Columbia, and ultimate
ly to Rossland.
More Immigrants Arrive.
Between 150 and 200 immigrants arrived
on the O. R. & N. and Northern Pacific
trains last night. Nearly all of them
were bound for the Willamette and Co
lumbia Valleys and Western Washington,
and will leave for their respective destina
tions today. Families were quite numer
ous, and In one case eight children crowd
ed around their father and mother. Bach
family had Its baggage securely packed,
so that the members could leave for their
destinations In the morning.
Lovr Signs TohhcI Bill.
NEW YORK, March 24. Mayor Low to
day signed the bill authorizing the Penn
sylvania Railroad to construct a tunnel
under the North River, and to build rail
road stations in the borough of Manhat
tan. The bill now goes to the Governor
for final action.
"Will Begin Action Against Merger.
ST. PAUL, March 24. Attorney-General
Douglass will begin action against the
merger In the state courts within 10 days.
It will be brought In the state court at
St. Paul. The action will take the form
of an application for an injunction to
DEATH OF AN OREGON PIONEER OF 1844.
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WSHtslllllllHk Mf A. Z IBsssBsPRI'vr
woman of great energy and public
spirit, and was known for her kind hospitality and charitable nature. She was
very patriotic, and requested to be burled under the Stars and Stripes, which re
quest was compiled with. Her remains were interred in the old pioneer cemetery
at Martin's Bluff.
restrain the Northern Securities Company
from voting the stock of either the North
ern Pacific or Great Northern Hallway
Company. The general purpose Is to se
cure jurisdiction on behalf of the state,
and to make the Issue broad enough to
cover the whole merger. The parties de
fendant will be the Northern Securities
Company and the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Companies. The Burling
ton will not be brought In for the reason
that it does not parallel any of the other
lines of this stae.
Hallway Record Broken.
NEW YORK, March 24. President A
J, Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
his counsel,' John Q1 Johnson, andthree
others, have broken the running record
between Philadelphia and Jereey City
by four minutes. The special train on
which they made the remarkable run cov
ered the SO 1-5 miles in exactly SO min
utes. The best previous record was
made by J. P. Morgan's special on Feb
ruary 7, which covered the same route
In 84 minutes. President Cassatt came to
this city to confer with President Bald
win, of the Long leland Railroad, now
part of the Pennsylvania system, and
other men Interested m the passage of
the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel bill by
the New York Legislature.
Harrlman at El Paso.
EL PASO, Tex., March 24. E. H. Har
rlman, president of the Southern Pacific,
and party, arrived in El Paso today at
noon, and left at 2 o'clock for San Fran
cisco. The party has been to Mexico for
three weeks, touring the country, and all
expressed themselves as being greatly
pleased with the trip. Said Mr. Harrlman:
"Our trip was for pleasure only, so far
as Mexico was concerned. Of course, I
am op my first annual trip of Inspection
over the Southern Pacific lines."
Vice-President Kruttschnltt is accom
panying Mr. Harrlman. He made a simi
lar statement.
Lehigh Resumes Trafic.
BUFFALO, N. Y March 24. For the
first time since February 2$, when two
bridges on the main line between Wllkes
barre and Mauch Chunk were washed
away by the floods which occurred at that
time, the Lehigh Valley Railroad today
resumed its futl passenger and freight
schedule. The company, during the break
on Ha own lines, has been operating over
the line of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey between Mauch Chunk and
WHkesbarre.
Petition for receiver.
Three Banks Ask That Rubber Com
pany be Declared Bankrupt.
NEW YORK, March 24. A petition was
filed this afternoon by the Bank of New
Brunswick, at St. Johns, N. B., the First
National Bank of Ottawa, 111., and the
National Bank of Helena asking that the
Crude Rubber Company be declared In
voluntarily bankrupt Each of these three
banks which figure in the petition havo
claims on the Crude Rubber Company
for 550,000. The petition asserts the com
pany has llablsltles of 53.000.000, and
that It has committed various acts of
bankruptcy. The company Is now, the
petition stated, In the handB of two I
receivers. It Is also stated In the peti
tion that the company, while insolvent
distributed assets -to tho value of 5100.
000 among certain of Its creditors, with
an Intent to prefer them; that the Crude
Rubber Company permitted the Hemp
stead Bank to obtain a preference
through a judgment that on March 5
last an attachment was issued against
the property of the rubber company
from which $1700 was realized. The
petition also alleges that Charles R.
Flint and Wallace R. Flint as represen
tatives of Flint & Co., who controlled
tho Sedro Rubber Company, filed a bill of
complaint in the United States Circuit
Court asking the appointment of Wil
liam H. Ladd, Jr., as receiver; that
the Crude Rubber Company vthen came
Into court and admitted all the allega
tions contained in the petition of Flint
& Co., and "that salj receiver took
possession of such property as said com
pany saw fit to deliver to said receiver,
amounting to 5100,000." The petition also
alleges that the Crude Rubber Company
has liabilities to the amount of 3,000,000.
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MINISTERS SAY GOOD-BYE
FAREWELL BAXQUET TO .DR. A. W.
ACKERMAN.
Over 100 Clergymen and Other
Friends Bid Godspeed to Retiring'
Congregational Pastor.
Never before In the history of Portland
was the pplrlt of Christian brotherhood
more in evidence than last evening, when
the Portland Ministerial Association ten
dered a farewell banquet toRev. Arthur
W. Ackcrman, 15. D., retiring pastor of
tho First Con,-rregatlonal Church. Covers
ware laid for nearly 100, including the
members of the Association, their wives
and n number of Invited guests. After,
a bountiful repast, which Included all the
substantiate and delicacies' pf the season,
Rev. C. E. Cllne, toastmaster, delivered
the following Introductory address:
"Brothers: This gathering Is for the
purpose of expressing our appreciation of
ono of the members of our association
who has. durlnr the last six years Jn
this city, preached faithfully and well the
gospel, and who la now about to sever
bv removal his fellowship. Ours Is a gen
uine brotherhood, and we are therefore
Borry to sco one of our brothers go. While
we belons to different church organlza-
MRS. SARAH ANX NICHOLS.
KAL.AMA. Waoh., March 24. Mrs.
Sarah Ann Nichols, who died hero
March 18, was an Oregon pioneer of
1844, and a daughter of the late
General Cornelius Gilliam, the well
known Oregon pioneer who led the
relief party to Walla Walla, after
the Whitman maseacre, and for
whom the County of Gilliam was
named. Mrs. Xs'lcholi was born in
Clinton County. Missouri. In 1833,
and moved to the Willamette Val
ley. Oregon, with her parent!, In
1844, settling In Polk County. In
1S50, she was married to B. F.
Nichols, and continued to live 1n
Polk County a numbor of years,
where she reared a family of six
children, two of whom survive her
Mary E. Nichols and Mrs. Kate "H.
Winkler, of this city. She Is also
survived by a brother. Hon. W. S.
OHUam, of Walla Walla, Wash.,
and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Collins,
of Dallas. Or,
In 1BS9, Mrs. Nichols moved to
Xatama, where she engaged In ths
mercantile business and stook-rals-lnr.
She was" a. typical pioneer, a
tlons, we are, as such, agreed, and rally
about one great super-structurai ixum
which makes us a unit. That super-structural
truth Is the person and work of
Jesus Christ, who has brought salvation
for mankind in a lost condition: bringing,
as he has, a remedy after the fact, a
supernatural provision by which life may
bo regenerated Into men who are dead In
trespasses and In sins. This super-structural
truth around which we unite does
not In any wise discount amiable
virtues, pergonal excellence of character,
the sway of high moral ideas, cr any
other shining qualities in mankind, but
we think we have learned from -our Mas
ter and Lord that men are in such a con
dition that nothing short of a divine
movement upon them can bring them
back Into that character and felicity for
which they were designed. 'Verily, verily,
I say unto you, except a man be born
again born of the spirit he cannot see
the kingdom of God.' This euper-struo-tural
truth makes us one In aim and pur
pose, and It is hard to see how any min
ister placing any less estimate upon
Christ and his work for man in his lost
condition could fora moment feel at home
In our association. These remarks are
offered In view of recent criticisms of
certain well-meaning persons, no doubt,
who evidently do not understand the
ground we occupy as a ministerial body."
Toasts were responded to as follows:
"Denominational Courtesy," Rev. J. F.
Ghormley, pastor First Christian Church.
"Crossing Denominational Lines,'' Pre
siding Elder L. E. Rockwell, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church.
"My Brother," Rev. Alexander Black
burn, D. D., pastor First Baptist Church.
"My Creed," Rev. Edgar P. Hill, D. D.,
pastor First Presbyterian Church.
"My Church,' Rev. A. G. Taggart, pas
tor Multnomah Congregational Church.
"Pastors and the Y. M. C. A.," F. W.
Stone, secretary.
All of the speakers dwelt upon the good
work done by Dr. Ackerman, and many
words were spoken In his praise. His
Dr. A. W. Ackerman.
work, both as a minister of the gospel
acd a Christian brother, received the
nign tribute which It deserved, and one
of the speakers commented upon the great
amount of good done by Mrs. Ackerman.
When called upon for a response. Dr.
Ackerman made a feeling reply. He ex
pressed his gratitude to the members of
tho Ministerial Association, thanking them
Individually for their support and en
couragement during his five years' resi
dence In Portland, Dr. Ackerman spoke
of certain phases of church work, placing
especial emphasis upon the superhuman
clement of the Blbje, In conclusion he
said:
"Brothers, I trujt. you will pray and
labor for the conversion of the world.
May God hasten the day when tho king
doms of the earth shall be his."
When Dr. Ackerman concluded, Jhe
whole company arose and sang "Blessed
Be the Tie That Binds," after which Pro
fessor J. W. Marsh, of Forest Grove,
delivered the closing prayer.
WILL VIEW THEIR MINES.
Illinois Capitalists Boand tor Xe
balera Coal Fields.
A number of Eastern capitalists Tvho are
Interested In the development of the Ne
halem coal fields are now in Portland, and
will soon .go to Clatsop County to look
over the field for the proposed opera
tions. There are six in the party, viz: E. I.
Woods, B, Jameson, E. Bell, G. S. Bell,
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H1HKbsssss1bssssssssssssssV
J. R. Bell and A. G. Van Petten, all of,
whom live :near Sterling. 111. They rep
resent large Eastern capital Interests, and
they say that local capitalists also are In
terested In the project They propose to
build a railroad from the coal mines to
the Nehalem Hlver to connect with the
proposed railroad which will connect with
Portland. They are enthusiastic over the
project, and declare that by January. 1.
JSOb, Nehalem coal will be coming into
Portland by the tralnload. The Nehalem
Coal Company, in which the Illinois gen
tlemen are interested, owns 2000 acres of
jjeeded land, and 1400 more under the min
eral lieu. laws. The coal veins which have
been located on their property are of a
bituminous nature, and are very rich.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
E M Valentine. Chgo
F C Collopy, Chicago
W B Bolton, St Joe
O Hunt, Walla Walla
Fred Came. Jr.. Vic
toria. B C
F P Winchester. S F
C W Arnts. Jr. S F
Geo E Durs. wf & chd.
Grand Forks, X D
C L Bingham. Chicagc
Mls3 Mabel Bingham,
Chicago
W A Appcl.- Grt Falli
W J Ball. San Fran
Geo Turret. San Fran
J W Matttoes. San Fr
O E SUverthal. Phlla
E M Greenway. S F
L HlU&n. Seattle
R I Farrlngton. wf &
two chdn, St Paul
A E Rice, Centralla
R L Wall. St Louis
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S G White, Warsaw,
Ind
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An Alabama Tragedy!
MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 24. E. J.
Arxnstead. ex-Tax Collector 'of this
county, and at one time one of the
wealthiest men in Alabama,, today. shot
and killed Mary Ilmsen, a negrcss, and
then committed suicide. Tho tragedy oc
curred In a house on Tallaphagoe street.
It Is believed Mr. Armstead was tempo
rarily Insane, as he had been drinking
heavily recently.
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HnMHHBflHHiiAMBfHHH
contagious
Blood Poison
nsing the same toilet articles, or otherwise coming in contact with persons
who have contracted it. -
It begins usually with a little blister or sore, then swelling in the
groins a red eruption breaks out on Tea year3 affo x contrsuste a bad caso
tne body, sores and ulcers appear of Blood Poison. I was under treatment
in the mouth, the throat becomes of aphyKician until Iibund that ho could
ulcerated, the hair, eye brows and ? ood- ? b0?an tkinr
i i. , j ,i , . , , ,-' j . . S. S. S. I commenced to improvo at once
lashes fall out; the blood becoming and iu a very short tlmo aU evidence of
more contaminated, copper colored tho disease disappeared. I took olafbot-,
splotches and pustular eruptions and ties and today am sound and well. '
sores appear upon different parts of B' WaU -orristown, Tenn.
the body, and the poison even destroys the bones.
S. S. S. is a Specific for this loathsome disease, and cures it even in the
worst forms. It is a perfect antidote for the powerful virus that pollutes
but is guaranteed a strictly vegetable compound.
Write for our free home treatment book and learn all about Contagious
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and our phvsicians will furnish all the information you wish without any
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GRIEF DROVE HER TO IT
mrs. taylor killed herself
because: hlsbaxd left her.
Tfconght He Wa Goae for AH Time
Belief Was Apparently Ill
founded. It was shown yesterday before the Cor
oner's Jury that the suicide of Mrs. Ada
Elizabeth Taylor, 22 years old, was pre
meditated and that she had only thought
her husband had deserted her. The evi
dence was that she swallowed, 'at Inter
vals. 18 grains of strychnine at the honse
of her sister, Mrs. John W. McGulre. mVt
Russell street, Sunday afternoon, and that
she gave as an excuse for her act: "1
have taken poison because my husband
has left me, and It has broken my heart."
No evidence was actually presented to
show that Mrs. Taylor and her husband
had separated for good. She got the Im
pression largely from a letter he sent to
her by a messenger boy Saturday evening,
reading as follows:
"I have paid for the room, which is 202.
third floor. I will send the key to you by
5nessenger. I put 5 m your purse tnat
makes you have about 7. I will send your
trunk and stuff In soon, and will write
you a letter, chre of J. "W. McGulre. and.
if possible, will send you more money.
So wait until you hear from. me. I re
main, as ever, WILL."
Mrs. J. W. McGulre, sister of the dead
woman, admitted that on a previous occa
sion her sister and husband had separated,
but had( lived together again." Their mar
ried life was not happy," went on the wit
ness. "My sister had been married to her
husband for about Ave years, and their lit
tle girl Is 4 years old. The husband, Will
iam Taylor, is a farmer, and has a ranch
near Hood River. The baby lives with
his mother. Taylor and my sister came
to town Saturday about 4 o'clock, and
they took rooms In a First-street hotel.
They came to our house about 3 Jiours
later, and seemed to be In good humor.
Bhe told me that she and her husband were
going to live In Portland for the present
Taylor af terward left the house, saying he .
:,t ,- k 1, io... , m ?,.
would be back not later than 10 o'clock
that night. His wife pleaded with him
not to go. Taylor was laughing at the
time, and was quite pleasant, and told
her he had placed a few dollars In her
purse. My sister had about 55 15 in her
possesion. About 10 o'clock a letter came
to her from her husband, and after read
ing it she told me that Taylor had left
her. She was all broken up. She was In
hopes of finding him In town that night,
and went with my husband to the hotel,
but the hotel clerk said that Taylor had
left on the train somewhere.
"My sister remained In the hotel that
nght, and next morning I brought her to
my house. I had found her hunting drug
stores around Morrison street. After din
ner, at my house, Ada said she was going
for a walk, and I made her promise she
would not buy any drugs. When she re
turned she had some rock candy in her
grip, and said she had not got the drug
she wanted cotton-root. She offered me J
some of the candy, but I did not swal
low It. She then went and wrote a letter
and mulled It. I do not know to whom
the letter was addressed, but In this letter
bhe enclosed the baby's ring. Afterward
she began to sip what appeared to be
water out of a spoon, and she said: 'It Is
soda water; taken to relieve stomach
trouble. Then she asked. If she were
to die, would ?we send her body to Hood
River, provided her husband did not come
to see her? We talked to her on other
subjects, but In the meantime she drank
a lot of the water. She did not have
much to say, and seemed to be brooding
over something. About 5 o'clock she stag
gered across the room, and said she was
dying. I thought then that she did not
mean what she said, and that she suffered
from low spirits. She then said that she
had taken 18 grains of strychnine and was
dying. We got medical aid, but she could
not recover."
"Taylor told me that he had come to tho
conclusion there" was not much doing
on the ranch this Winter, and that he had
decided to live In the city for a while until
things changed for the better," testified
J. W. McGulre. "When Mrs. Taylor re
ceived her husband's letter, with the key
enclosed, she became hysterical, r took
her over to the hotel to try to find hei
husband, but tho night clerk told me that
he had left town by the O. R. & N. 1
guessed he had gone to Hood River and
rot him over the telephone, and gave the
telephone receiver to his wife, so that ah
could talk to him. I judge from what she
said in reply to him that he told her ht
was going to leave her for good. She
said to him: 'You will be sorry. Don't
send any of my clothes down here, because
I won't need them.' There were crystals
In the cup Mrs. Taylor used."
Mrs Minnie Jackson. Mrs. Esther Wick
and Mrs. E. M. Redmond. 230 Russell
street,, all testified Jhat when Mrs. Taylor
was asked why she had taken the poison
she replied: "I am broken-hearted and
have taken poison. I have done It be
cause my husband has left me. I have
taken 18 grains of strychnine. I love my
husband and I want to see him." Mrs.
Minnie Jackson testified: "When Mrs.
McGulre asked her sister what It was she
was drinking, Mrs. Taylor said: 'It Is soda
water. If you do not believe me, taste It.'
She had been taking the stuff since 12
o'clock that day."
The Coroner's assistants reported that
they could find no trace showing where
Mrs. Tnvlor hnri bourrht the nolson. The
jury's verdict was "That the poison was '
administered by Mrs. Taylor herself, with
Intent to take her life, while suffering
from mental depression and melancholy
due to her having been deserted by her
husband, William Taylor."
A telegram was sent to Hood River In
forming Taylor of his wife's death, and
his relatives sent back word that he Is not
there, and think he has gone to Carson,
Wash., where he formerly lived.
"Where Is George P. Steele f
Mrs. K. H. Steele, of Marcus, Wash.,
hag written to Chief of Police McLauch
lan asking Information as to the present
address of her son, George P. Steele, who
Is supposed to be In this city. G. P.
Steele Is about S3 years old, Is 5 feet 10
Is the name sometimes given to what
is generally known 'as the BAD DIS-J
EASE. It is not confined to dens of
vice or the lower classes. The purest
and best people are sometimes
infected with this awful malady
through handling the clothing,
drinkinsr from the same vessels,
the blood and penetrates to all parts of the system.
Unless you get this poison out of your blood it will
ruin you, and bring disgrace and .disease upon
your children, for it can be transmitted from parent
to child. S. S. S. contains no mercury or potash.
Inches talL has a dark complexion and a
red mustache, and by occupation Is a rail
road brakeman. He has a wife and a
hoy about 6 years old. The missing man,
before he came to this city, was in San
Frunclsro.
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